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Mephistopheles introduces himself at Marthe's house
(Méphistophélès se présent Chez Marthe)
(1828)
plate 9 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
24.5 × 20.9 cm irreg. (image) 26.1 × 20.9 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.6 × 27.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Gallery Women's Association, Governor, 1982
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 66 iii
Edition
3rd of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed in ink l.r.: Lith: de C: Motte, à Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: Meph: Il est bien hardi à moi de m'introduire aussi brusquement chez ces Dames, je leur en / demande un million de pardons...........
Accession Number
P42.10-1982
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
demons illustrations (layout features) legendary beings literary characters men (male humans) visitors women (female humans)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)